Los Vaqueros Reservoir and Watershed

Badger Pass & Oak Savannah Trail

10.7 mi · ▲ 2,218 ft · 4 hr 41 min

Badger Pass & Oak Savannah Trail is a 10.7-mile out-and-back in Los Vaqueros Reservoir and Watershed near Byron, CA. It climbs 2,218 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi341 – 1,270 ft · steepest grade: 23%10.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.84126, -121.72516
Nearest town Byron, CA

Directions

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Badger Pass & Oak Savannah Trail

10.7 mi · ▲ 2,218 ft · 4 hr 41 min

Elevation 343–1,271 ft

Out & Back · Los Vaqueros Reservoir and Watershed

Trailhead: 37.84126, -121.72516

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 7:33 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 1.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
  3. 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
  4. 0.6 miTurn left onto Oak Savannah Trail, heading W.
  5. 2.2 miTurn left onto Badger Pass, heading E.
  6. 0.8 miReach Oak Savannah Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.8 miTurn right onto Oak Savannah Trail, heading N.
  8. 2.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  9. 0.6 miBear right, heading SE.
  10. 0.5 miSharp left, heading NE.
  11. 1.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

56% dirt44% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 7:33 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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